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IHG Q3 offer: 2K points every two nights
IHG just revealed its final promotion for this year.
It is a very simple offer: you earn 2,000 bonus points for every two nights stayed between October 13th and December 31st. There’s no limit on how many points you can earn, although they must be paid reservations and in theory the nightly rate needs to exceed $30.
I don’t think anyone is gonna get excited about the offer. If you were targeted with the other offers recently though, they may stack nicely:
Great offer preview: Marriott to United 30% conversion bonus
United MileagePlus are about to launching a great incentive for converting points in October, so hold on if you need some United miles!
The offer page is here. As it hasn’t started yet you will be redirected to a placeholder instead, however in Terms and Conditions you can see all the details already.
- Registration: To qualify for this offer, members must register for the promotion between October 1, 2023 and 11:59pm EST on October 31, 2023 (“Promotional Period”).
- Qualifying activity: A member must earn award miles as a result of one or more points to miles conversion transactions from any combination of MileagePlus hotel partner programs that offer a points to miles transfer program that are conducted during the Promotional Period (“Qualifying Activity”) in order to qualify for MileagePlus Hotel Points-to-Miles bonus miles (“Bonus Miles”). Qualifying Activity must be completed by 11:59pm EST on October 31, 2023.
- Posting of Promotional Miles: At the conclusion of the promotion, all miles earned by each member from Qualifying Activity will be multiplied by 30% to determine the eligible bonus up to a maximum of 25,000 bonus miles. Bonus miles will be credited into the member’s account on or before January 31, 2024. The maximum bonus miles that can be earned by a member under this promotion is 25,000. MileagePlus will not be responsible for technical problems with partner miles postings, or failures or delays in miles postings by hotel partners, that would render any points to miles converted as ineligible under this promotion.
Basically you’ll earn 30% bonus when any hotel points into United miles in whole October, after you’ve registered to the offer. The bonus is capped at 25,000 miles under this promotion.
Although a few hotel programs will be participating, the true value lies only in converting Marriott Bonvoy points.
3 Marriott points converts into 1 United mile, and as a permanent offer you are awarded 10,000 bonus miles when converting 60,000 Marriott points. With this new promotion on top, you earn 39,000 United miles when converting 60,000 Marriott points, which is an excellent deal. If you convert 180,000 Marriott points, you’ll get 115,000 United miles in total.
Unfortunately United devalued their U.S. – Europe redemption recently, and now a one-way flight in business costs at least 80,000 miles.
Good news is however, there’s no carrier-imposed surcharges. For the same route BA wants 80,000 Avios + £175, and 47,500 points +$977 from Virgin Atlantic!
Good GHA offer: D$15 for every app booking
I just received an email from GHA about a pretty good promotion. It started two months ago but somehow slipped under my radar.
You can read about the offer here. You don’t need to register, and you’ll earn D$15 for every GHA stay booked via their mobile app. There’s no limit on how much bonus you could earn under this promotion.
D$15 is a very solid rebate especially on cheap one-night stays. If you have a stay of multiple nights, well maybe try to book them as multiple stays, and cross your fingers…
IHG anniversary offer: 10K or triple points
IHG has been trying to diversify its bonus offer forms lately, and some people have received an incentive to celebrate their anniversary.
In this particular case the offer is sent to members who are having their 5-year anniversary with IHG. The bonus is 2,000 points per night, up to five times. You can try signing up here, but it is a very specific offer so I’d be surprised if you succeed.
There are two other variations:
- 1-year anniversary: 1,000 points per night, up to 10 nights
- 5- and 10-year anniversary: triple points for 90 days
Another offer that is triple bonus points for 90 days, is targeted at those with 10- and 15-year anniversary.
Meanwhile, IHG has been sending out reminders to update your birthday in the profile recently. The current birthday offer is 3,000 points for one stay, although it seems that not all people received it.
Marriott Q3 promotion: 1,500 points per stay
Marriott has revealed their Q3 global promotion, which is called Go Your Way + Earn Bonus Points.
You can view the details and sign up here. Note that the registration hasn’t officially open yet, so don’t panic if you see an error. In summary:
- Register by November 22
- Stay between September 12 and December 6
- Earn 1,500 bonus points per eligible stay
- Earn 3,000 bonus points for every three brands stayed
As usual, certain brands including Marriott Executive Apartments and Homes & Villas are excluded. Only paid stays count – reward nights and free nights won’t.
Remember that Marriott hasn’t proactively offered any good incentives for a while, and in that context this offer is quite decent, especially for cheap one-night stays.
IHG’s new targeted 14K / 20K bonus points offer
This morning a reader reached out about an email he received, that contained a new targeted promotion.
You can (try to) sign up here.
- Book your paid stays by October 31
- Stay by December 31
- Earn 3,000 bonus points for each stay, up to 3 times
- Complete 3 stays for an additional 5,000 points
It is a very good offer, and there isn’t any minimum-stay requirement, which means it can be three one-night stays.
I have, on the other hand, received a different version of the offer.
- Stay between September 1 and October 10
- Stay 4 nights to earn 10,000 bonus points
- You can earn the bonus twice
It turns out there’s third version: stay 4 nights to earn 4 elite night credits, and the same rules apply as the offer above. This offer may come handy if you are aiming for the annual lounge pass milestone this year.
Hilton Q3 promotion: 2x or 3x points
Hilton has just revealed their offer for the rest of this year, and you can register here.
- Stay between September 6th and December 31st
- Earn triple base points at select destionations
- Earn double base points elsewhere
The full list of properties that are eligible for triple points can be found here. It is mainly capital and larger cities, and for the UK it seems to include only London and Manchester.
The list is a bit messy but the offer itself is rather straightforward, and if you are staying at a 3x-bonus property then the earning is quite generous. For reward stays unfortunately you won’t earn any bonus, unless base points are generated due to incidental spend.
Buy a Marriott bed or mattress and earn two free nights!
Marriott, or more precisely Shop Marriott has launched an interesting promotion.
The headline says “2 Free Night with Bed Purchase”, whereas here are the terms:
Marriott Bonvoy Members receive two 35,000 point Free Night Awards* with the eligible purchase of a mattress set. Exclusive to Marriott Bonvoy Members purchasing mattress and base sets between August 10th and August 20th for beds that are delivered in Europe. Marriott Bonvoy Number must be entered at checkout. Free Night Awards will be issued up to 4 weeks after mattress delivery.
If I understand correctly, you can buy either a bed or mattress to qualify.
The two free night awards are worth at least $400 so it’s a good rebate. Remember that you can top up as much as 15,000 points, so each free night award can be redeemed at a 50K property.
However they are not an average mattress you see on Ikea or Amazon! The cheapest mattress (British Model – Double) costs €1595 or $1435.
When you’ve accrued 50 or 75 night credits in a year, one annual choice benefit you can pick is $100 off a mattress purchase, which makes the deal much more reasonable. However, I’m not confident that the two offers can stack, although there’s no evidence that suggest otherwise.